女

nu
#224 most
frequent character
female, woman, daughter

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

女 is a picture of a woman seen from the side, kneeling. It first meant 'woman'. From there it grew to 'female'.

Drawn as: woman kneeling; side view

女 as a component in other characters

meaning93 characters
她妈姐娘姆妙奶婆媒娜嫌娃妖妨姿姻
sound4 characters
如奴汝钕
picture44 characters
要如好安始委威妇婚姑姓妹奴妥奸妄

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Same Characters, Different Readings

女rǔ
old variant of 汝[ru3]

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